The reason no one noticed is that he wasn’t creating new stories for his signature characters but was instead making an unannounced guest appearance in Stephan Pastis’ “Pearls Before Swine” strip for three days (June 4th-6th).

In an interview with the Washington Post, Watterson explained why he was willing to work with Pastis:

“Several years ago, when Stephan did one of his strips that mocked his own drawing ability and mentioned my strip in comparison, I thought it might be funny for me to ghost ‘Pearls’ sometime, just to flip it all on its head,” the goateed Watterson tells me, offering a clear indication that he still follows the funnies. “It was just a silly idea, and I didn’t know Stephan, so I never pursued it, and years went by.”

Student Jon Meis and his fiance in a photo from their wedding registry (Facebook)

Jon Meis became an instant icon of courage on Thursday when he and fellow students helped subdue a gunman who was on a rampage inside Seattle Pacific University.

It turns out that the 22-year-old is also planning to get married. His newfound fans discovered the student’s wedding registry and have been buying up presents for Meis and his future wife.

"There are a number of heroes in this. The people around (the gunman) stepped up," Assistant Police Chief Paul McDonagh said Thursday. "But for the great response by the people of Seattle Pacific, this incident might have been much more tragic."

Meis, an electrical engineering student on the Dean’s list, was not physically harmed in the altercation with the gunman. Meis was carrying pepper spray at the time of the incident, which he used to help subdue suspected gunman Aaron R. Ybarra.

Local affiliate KIRO 7 heard about the registry and posted about it on their Facebook page, which includes some great testimonials from individuals who

Van Kpa, 17, first met Pat Edmondson, 72, while they were tutoring young children near Charlotte, North Carolina. Van was 12 at the time. Despite their age difference, they became friends and Edmondson became a mentor to Van, who was struggling with school and family life.

This past week, that mentorship came to a triumphant conclusion when Van graduated from Charlotte High School, with Edmondson in the stands, cheering him on, WCNC.com reports.

"It was a feeling of tremendous accomplishment,” Edmondson told WCNC. “It was just the completion of a dream."

When they first crossed paths, Van told Edmondson that he was thinking about dropping out of school.

Edmondson, a former lawyer, took it upon herself to help Van, the youngest of 10 children, to realize a different type of future for himself.

Van and his family came to the U.S. from Vietnam when he was 9. He told Edmondson that he was having a rough time. He had missed a whopping 116 days of school. Despite those troubles and absences,

Pagination

Manny Pacquiao called his boxing showdown with Floyd Mayweather "the fight of my life" as he got down to work pounding the streets and gym in Los Angeles. On Monday, Pacquiao ran two miles (3.2 km) and shadow-boxed for two rounds, followed by abdominal work and breakfast of steamed rice, scrambled egg, fish and chicken broth. Then he napped until noon and had lunch before heading to trainer Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym, which is strictly off-limits to fans and media during Pacquiao's sessions. "I will prepare hard for this fight to give the boxing fans the kind of entertainment they want.